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to a draw. In the following year he became the champion and subsequently placed three more times in the semi-finals and then retired.

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He would teach in Havana Cuba and help to bring it up to an elite level. Takahiko taught Judo in

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as well as

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. For many years he was the highest ranking

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in the United States. He became 9th Dan before he died.

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Tahahiko is the author of Judo Training Methods: A SOURCEBOOK

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Japanese male judoka 1917 births 2008 deaths Expatriates in Cuba Japanese expatriates in the United States 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-judo-bio-stub